Full Result 3.25 Sandown | 18 February 2000

Stag Handicap Chase Class B

(Class 2) (0-145, 5yo+) (3m37yds) 3m Good To Soft 22 fences

1st £10,517.50 2nd £3,005 3rd £1,502.50

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	5. Eltigri (FR) 6/1 Timmy Murphy T Casey	Timmy Murphy T Casey	8	100 1	111	109	117	–
b g Mistigri - Obepine II (FR) (Quart De Vin)
Chased leader to 4th, settled rear after, closed 5 out, pressed leader before 3 out, led after 2 out, ridden out after last (official explanation: trainer said the gelding was better suited by this track) (tchd 13-2 in places)

2 ¾	3. Montroe (IRE) 2/1J A P McCoy Richard Rowe	A P McCoy Richard Rowe	8	1012	123	121	132	–
gr g Roselier (FR) - Cathedral Street (Boreen Beag)
Led until blundered badly and headed 17th, driven to lead again soon after 4 out, headed after 2 out, kept on well, always held (op 6-4 tchd 9-4 in places)

3 dist [30¾]	2. Step On Eyre (IRE) 2/1J Richard Johnson Henry Daly	Richard Johnson Henry Daly	10	116 b¹	131	107	99	–
b g Step Together I (USA) - Jane Eyre I (Master Buck)
Chased leader 4th, mistakes 13th and 15th, left in lead 17th, blundered 4 out, soon headed and weakened, virtually pulled up run-in (op 7-4 tchd 9-4 in places)

PU	4. Clinton (IRE) 5/2 Norman Williamson Kim Bailey	Norman Williamson Kim Bailey	9	109	120	–	–	–
b g Lord Americo (IRE) - Diana's Flyer (Charlottesvilles Flyer)
Held up last, pulled up after 6th, lame (op 11-4 after 3-1 in places)